So happy to have an upon this. Thank you so much I will be a regular viewer.

how wonderful to find this - I'm in northern Michigan, US.

Oh it's a cotton ball

When the female (2nd one who entered and noticed the new changes on visit 3) was noticing the hole entrance she seemed to look at the camera like “thank you big monster for helping us”

you rockstar

Hi. This is awesome

@LifeInTheNest

2 ай бұрын

Hey, Thanks.! Yes they are.! :)

Are Mini and Pip nesting in one of yout boxes this year? I enjoyed watching them the last two years. Thank you so much 👍

@LifeInTheNest

Ай бұрын

Hi, I set it up this year. I think you messed it up with someone else :) stay with us though.

@citibear57

Ай бұрын

​@@LifeInTheNestOh, I'm sorry! Yes, it must have been another site. Not to worry, I am subscribed to your channel 👍

One tit appears to have a subtly more yellow belly than the other tit, and it's the one who usually enters the box first when they both visit. Being slightly more colourful and being first in the box and coaxing the partner in are typical male tit behaviours/traits, but visit number 4 we see the same tit do a few nesting shuffles, which is a female tit behaviour (as the females build the nest).

@LifeInTheNest

2 ай бұрын

Which one is male or female, I have given up :)

@Adam-pu6jg

2 ай бұрын

@@LifeInTheNest nesting material being brought in is a significant milestone, as it means they've chosen your box as their nest site, with the tit bringing in the material will be the female. Prior to this, people can speculate who the male and female are, but nature has a habit of proving people wrong!

@MrCrunchytime

19 күн бұрын

Nest scraping isn't an exclusive behavior. Both males and females do it.

@Adam-pu6jg

19 күн бұрын

@@MrCrunchytime nest scraping? I was talking about nesting shuffles, it's a nest building technique the female uses when constructing the nest (it pushes the moss into the corners and hollows out the nesting cup) - the female also do nesting shuffles when prospecting for nesting sites - if there isn't enough space to do a shuffle then the site isn't suitable. Anyways, it's a moot point as it doesn't appear that they chosen this box for their nest.

Looks like the male keeps making improvments until the female approves

i don't get it. why did they remove the cotton? the subs say "WOW," not sure what that signifies.

@LifeInTheNest

Ай бұрын

I thought cotton would be a soft material they'd like to have in the nest, but they seem to not want any foreign substances left in the nest. We've learned this, so wow :)